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Four Risk Mitigation Strategies for Effective Project Management

Written by Mitch M on February 10, 2023. Posted in Risk Management, Uncategorized.

Effective project management requires a proactive approach to mitigating risk. Here are some proven strategies for making sure your projects stay on track. When beginning the planning phase of a project, one of the first things to consider is what...

The Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence

Written by George Socha on October 10, 2022. Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Data, Data Analytics, Ethics, Uncategorized.

Michael Haley, President of ARMA International; Michael Quartararo, President of ACEDS E-Discovery; and George Socha, Senior Vice President of Brand Awareness at Reveal participated in a webinar earlier this year on the ethical use of artificial intelligence. In...

Build and Sustain Your Records Program with a Records Management Playbook

Written by Jesse Wilkins on September 26, 2022. Posted in Records Management, Records Strategy, Uncategorized.

What if your organization’s entire records team won the lottery today and quit? What would happen to your records program? How long would it take your organization to rebuild the team from scratch? If you had a records management playbook in place,...

Putting the Human back in the Data: Using Data to Lead Change

Written by Dr. Selena Fisk on September 12, 2022. Posted in Data, Data Analytics, Data Management, Data Visualization.

When you think about data, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Do you love it? Or do you think you’re “not a numbers person”? Do you have concerns about security? Or validity of the data you collect? Or do you think of the technology that...

Legacy Disposition Program Series: Article Two—Tangible First Steps

Written by Andrew Corridore on August 29, 2022. Posted in Disposition, Document Management, Information Governance, Legal, Uncategorized.

This article is a continuation of the Legacy Disposition White Paper article series. Where article one focused on establishing the basics—defining various disposition strategies, highlighting the importance of implementing said strategies in a firm’s...

You Rolled Out Your Remote Workplace in Record Time. Now Let’s Talk Governance

Written by Steve Bynghall on August 15, 2022. Posted in Australia, Change Management, Data Governance, Information Governance, Uncategorized.

When it comes to the digital workplace, governance and expediency are not always the best of friends. Governance essentially takes a longer-term view, establishing controls, processes and rules that makes the digital workplace sustainable going forward....

The IGP Exam: New and Improved

Written by ARMA International on July 18, 2022. Posted in Information Governance, Information Management, Information Science, Information Security (Information Protection), Information Technology, Uncategorized.

As the world’s leading membership organization serving professionals who manage and govern information, ARMA is pleased to announce the release of its updated Information Governance Professional (IGP) Certification Exam. As of July 15th, 2022, professionals...

Top Information Governance Principles for your Mailroom

Written by Eric Lynn on July 4, 2022. Posted in Capture, Digitization, Document Management, Information Governance, Records Management.

Do information governance principles apply to your organization’s mailroom? Mail has typically been a perfunctory function aligned with other physical office services, but for many organizations, the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted mail to a critical—and...

QC-ing the QC

Written by Manuel Bulwa on June 13, 2022. Posted in Audit, Capture, Digitization, Document Management, Imaging, Physical Records Management, Process Automation, Uncategorized.

This article is my advice for a holistic approach to QA/QC for document capture projects. It is also a recommendation to audit the effectiveness of QC methodologies used (or to be used) by a service provider. I tried my best to harness lessons learned...

Implementing an Archival Display in an in-House Archive

Written by Maik Schmerbauch on May 30, 2022. Posted in Archiving, Document Management, Documents, On-Premises, Physical Records Management, Uncategorized.

A common misconception is that only financial- and personnel-powerful archives like state and federal archives have the resources to implement an exhibit displaying part of its archival collection. You may think that such an exhibit would not be possible...